Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Roosevelt police dog and only male present, nipped Madam Senator Caraway of Arkansas on the arm. ¶ At work last week was President Roosevelt on his three last special messages to Congress which he hopes to get adjourned about June 1. If it should dally longer at the Capitol, he was expected to raise a point of personal privilege in demanding a vacation. One message dealt with tariffs and War Debts, another with railroads. The third was to cover the Administration's public works program, if & when that program is fixed. Last week the Cabinet was divided into...
...with the President, re-viewing the day's developments, planning for the morrow. Because of his easy access to the White House and the weight of his words with the President, Dr. Moley is viewed with alarm, if not distrust, by most of the Democratic politicians at the Capitol. So are the other members of the "Brain Trust"-Rexford Guy Tugwell...
...authority over tariff rates and War Debt payments. In two months Political Scientist Moley has found a way to concentrate in the hands of the President greater executive power than ever before in U. S. history. That fact alone explains why Professor Moley is viewed with alarm on Capitol Hill...
...Roosevelt had surrendered in principle to the Thomas school of thought but he had also won a strategic victory. Not only had he changed Senator Thomas into an Administrative ally but he had stripped Congress of the power to inflate recklessly. The White House and one man. not the Capitol and 531 would hereafter fix the currency of the U. S. Assistant Secretary of State Moley went over to the White House to help the President draft his bill. When finished, it was turned over to Senator Thomas to carry to the Capitol...
...last session was passed a similar measure carrying $1,083,567,534, of which $966,838,634 was for veterans. On March 4 President Hoover vetoed it because of Congress' failure to reduce pensions. In the revised version of this supply measure for warded to the Capitol, Director Douglas asked for only $615,159,926 - a clear saving of $468,407,608 due almost entirely to President Roosevelt's orders reducing pension payments after July...